THEATRE REVIEW: Punch at the Young Vic starring David Shields & Julie Hesmondhalgh
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Saturday 1 March 2025, runs through 26 April 2025 RUNTIME: 145 minutes (including a 20-minute interval) Update: Transfers to the Apollo Theatre 22 September through 29 November 2025 Tickets
In 2011 Jacob Dunne fatally punched a man in an unprovoked attack and received a two-and-a-half-year custodial sentence for manslaughter of which he served 14 months.
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